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San Francisco Bay Area

Architected Scalable Microservices: Designed and implemented a robust microservices architecture using Rails, PostgreSQL, and Kafka, improving system reliability by 50% and reducing time-to-market by 80%.Led Cross-Functional Team: Built and managed a high-performing, 21-member cross-functional team, instilling Agile and DevOps methodologies to enhance deployment efficiency and operational agility, transforming monthly releases to weekly.Developed CI/CD Pipeline: Engineered a comprehensive CI/CD pipeline from scratch, significantly boosting deployment frequency while establishing high-performance DORA metrics.Integrated ATS and HRIS Systems: Directed major technical initiatives, integrating ATS and HRIS systems through custom microservices, optimizing recruitment processes, and HR data management.Achieved SOC2 Attestation: Championed advanced security protocols and compliance, leading the technical audit and achieving SOC2 attestation, aligning product strategy with investor expectations during a successful Series A funding round.Strategic Product Roadmap Management: Developed and managed a strategic product roadmap, overseeing key projects such as an advanced data pipeline for employee surveys, facilitating impactful analytics.Enhanced Deployment Efficiency: Implemented Agile and DevOps methodologies, transforming the deployment process to enhance operational agility and efficiency, resulting in a 35% faster development cycle and a 30% quicker time-to-market.Fostered Innovation and Growth: Promoted a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, mentoring engineering talent, and creating programs to enhance team capabilities and morale.Strategic Collab with Executives: Collaborated closely with the CEO, VP of Product, VP of Design, and VP of Sales to align engineering efforts with overall business strategy and objectives. Provided strategic insights and technical guidance to support executive decision-making and organizational growth.

San Mateo, California

Accomplishments:- Responsible for the Growth, Retention, Platform, and Communications teams.. - Scaled the engineering team from 3 to 30 members.- Collaborated with product, design, and data teams to form high-performing, cross-functional teams.- Led the migration from a Php/Vanilla-Javascript/Backbone monolith to a React frontend and Railsbackend.- Advocated for simplification of architecture and continuous improvement of product development processes.- Mentored Engineers and Tech Leads, promoting internal career growth.- Worked closely with product teams in defining roadmaps.- Implemented technical debt and bug fix days.- Managed remote teams in India and China.

San Mateo, California

Responsible for the Growth, Retention, Platform, and Communications teams. This role requires me to find and hire the right talent to build and maintain diverse teams with the right passion and career objectives that are aligned with each team’s goals. I believe in providing each engineer with the right set of opportunities for them to shine while delivering on the team goals. Happy engineers make great products!My teams get to combine our passion for education with the opportunity to work with a rich blend of technology stacks to help fulfill Edmodo's mission of connecting all learners with the people and resources they need to reach their full potential.Among the technology stacks that my teams get to work with on any given day include Go lang, Thrift, Ruby on Rails, PHP on the backend and vanilla JS and Backbone/Marionette on the frontend.

San Mateo

Leading a diverse group of highly skilled Engineers to build features focused on driving growth at the world leading educational platform provider.My team gets to combine our passion for education with the opportunity to work with a rich blend of technology stacks to help fulfill Edmodo's mission of connecting all learners with the people and resources they need to reach their full potential.Among the technology stacks that my team gets to work with on any given day include Go lang, Thrift, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python/Django on the backend and Backbone/Marionette on the frontend.

San Mateo

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Building a world class Fulfillment Center management software for a multinational distribution chain.Ruby on Rails full stack development.

Robot workspace analysis, path planning and optimization, including design and implementation of software tools. Collision avoidance. C++ APIs for the robotics domain. Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Design Patterns.

Master'S Degree, Technology Leadership

Master'S Degree, Computer Software Engineering

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

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